UAE, Italy and Albania Team up to Build $1bn Undersea Energy Cable
January 17th, 2025 Via The National, a report on a project that will see clean energy produced in Albania exported to Italy across the Adriatic as part of the three-nation agreement: The UAE, Italy and Albania are [...]
Game Over for France in Africa
January 17th, 2025 Via Geopolitical Futures, commentary on how the loss of influence implicates more than just Paris: “I think someone forgot to say thank you.” This loaded statement, made by French President [...]
DRC Courts Saudi Investment To Help Curb Chinese Mining Dominance
January 17th, 2025 Via Reuters, a report on Congo’s efforts to court Saudi mining investors to help curb China dominance in the sector: The Democratic Republic of Congo, the world’s top cobalt supplier, is [...]
China and Sri Lanka Eye New Phase of BRI with $3.7bn Investment
January 17th, 2025 Via Nikkei Asia, an article on China’s renewed BRI interest in Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will wrap up his inaugural visit to China Friday after securing a [...]
China to Establish New Industrial Complex in Egypt Worth US$1.6B
January 16th, 2025 Via The Egypt Independent, a report on a new Chinese industrial complex in Egypt worth US$1.6 billion: The Chinese Ambassador to Cairo, Liao Liqiang, revealed that a Chinese company has announced an [...]
Tiny Steps for TAPI in the Taliban’s Afghanistan
January 16th, 2025 Via The Diplomat, a report that Taliban authorities say that around 3 kilometers of the pipeline has been completed, out of more than 770 km needed to bring Turkmen gas to the Pakistani border: Four [...]

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Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.